Seminar Programme 2010

To view our seminar library from previous years, please click here. 

Stonewall runs a series of seminars as one of the exclusive benefits of the Diversity Champions programme.

The seminars form the base of our best practice forum; where we offer best practice guidance from Stonewall and invite guest speakers from our Diversity Champions members to share their solutions to ensuring sexual orientation equality in the workplace.

At each seminar there is an opportunity to network with members, the guest speakers and Stonewall.

In 2010 we have five seminars scheduled over the course of the year, with the kind support of Diversity Champions as venue hosts and as guest speakers. 

Stonewall Scotland and Stonewall Cymru also run their own seminar programmes with their national perspectives in mind.

if you'd like more information about the Scottish programme contact Nicola Swan on 0131 557 3628 or email Nicola here.

If you'd like to have more information on the Welsh programme contact Dean Lloyd on 02920 237 744 or email Dean here.

Staff at Diversity Champions organisations should login to the Members Only section for booking and further information on the next seminar.

Not a member? 

Our seminars are open to staff of Diversity Champions members only. To join the Diversity Champions programme and benefit from the UK's only employer's forum on sexual orientation issues and full details on all the other benefits click here.

If you have any questions about the seminar programmes in general feel free to contact Joe Wong here or 020 7593 2291.

As part of the benefits of the Diversity Champions programme, our seminars are open exclusively to staff of our members. We share good practice from leading Diversity Champions organisations and present our latest research and guidance as the UK’s lesbian, gay and bisexual equality charity.

Religion and Sexual Orientation in the Workplace
March

Religion and sexual orientation issues are often seen as mutually exclusive. Stonewall’s research Love Thy Neighbour shows that the idea that people of faith take a negative view towards homosexuality is not representative and our research Religion and Sexual Orientation: How to manage relations in the workplace,  found that it is employers who are often anxious about conflict, rather than staff themselves.  We discuss how employers may put in place policies and procedures to foster an inclusive environment that takes both into account. 
 
Straight Allies
May 

In the Workplace Equality Index 2010, lesbian, gay and bisexual employees of the Top 100 organisations were invited to give their opinion on whether straight colleagues were well informed on sexual orientation issues, only 42% agreed that this was the case. We look at how straight allies act as advocates for equality and can be powerful catalysts for workplace change.

Bullying & Harassment
July    

80% of the Top 100 organisations have a policy on bullying and harassment, and 21% of them do not use specific examples of what constitutes homophobic bullying. Continuing our update themed seminars - network groups and monitoring sexual orientation. We look at current best practice on bullying and harassment.
    
Marketing to the LGB Community
September

Strong competition means that all organisations must engage with as wide a range of audiences as possible to ensure their place as market leaders; no organisation can afford to lose market share and the lesbian, gay and bisexual community is a potential untapped market. At this seminar we look at what benefits successful marketing can bring.    

 Top 100 Employers ‘11 Preliminary Results
November   

In this seminar we will share the overview of this year’s Workplace Equality Index and examine the latest trends and innovative good practice from the diversity leaders in LGB workplace equality.

For more information please contact Joe Wong on 020 7593 2291 or joe.wong@stonewall.org.uk.

Please note all of the above topics and dates are subject to change should that be necessary to meet the needs of our Diversity Champions members.

Diversity Champions should log in and book their place online or contact Joe directly here.